单词详解 | scrupulous

scrupulous
音标
美音:/ˈskruːpjələs/,英音:/ˈskruːpjələs/

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
His campaign team held discussions before the announcement about how to limit the funds that less scrupulous actors might try to cannibalize.
他的竞选团队在宣布之前就如何限制不那么谨慎的行为者可能试图蚕食的资金进行了讨论。
New York Times

Ms MacDaid had considered all relevant evidence with “scrupulous fairness”, they said.
他们说,MacDaid 女士以“谨慎的公平态度”考虑了所有相关证据。
BBC

Drawing upon the “scrupulous accounts” Washington kept “of every kind of transaction” related to his farming, Ragsdale allows us to peer behind Washington’s farm operations and see their inner workings at Mount Vernon and elsewhere.
借助华盛顿保留的与他的农业有关的“各种交易”的“严谨账户”,Ragsdale 使我们能够窥视华盛顿农场运营的背后,并了解他们在弗农山和其他地方的内部运作。
Washington Post

基本释意
adjective
characterized by extreme care and great effort
adj. 细致的,一丝不苟的;正直的,有道德原则的

同义词
conscientious,painstaking

短释义
Scrupulous means very careful to do things properly and correctly. If you’re scrupulous, you probably pay your friends back right away when they loan you money and never try to return clothing you’ve already worn.
一丝不苟的意思是非常小心地把事情做的妥当、正确。如果你很谨慎,当你的朋友借给你钱时,你可能会立即还款,并且永远不会试图退还你已经穿过的衣服。

长释义
A scrupulous person is full of scruples, which are concerns about doing things that are morally right. Such a person is hesitant or doubtful, and might have trouble deciding what is morally right or wrong. The adjective scrupulous is from Latin scrūpulōsus, from scrūpulus, “scruple.” A near synonym is punctilious.
一个谨慎的人充满了顾忌,顾虑是做道德上正确的事情。这样的人犹豫不决或多疑,可能难以判断道德上的对错。形容词 scrupulous 来自拉丁语 scrūpulōsus,来自 scrūpulus,“顾忌”。近义词是 punctilious。

文学例句
Wilson’s book is at once a crash course in soccer strategy and a scrupulous history that traces the sport’s evolution and chronicles how playing styles have risen and fallen against a constantly evolving tactical landscape.
威尔逊的书既是足球战略的速成班,也是追溯这项运动演变的严谨历史,并记录了比赛风格如何在不断变化的战术环境下兴衰。
What to Read During the World Cup by Miguel Salazar

The scrupulous avoidance of glib conclusions that distinguished her best-known film, “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,” is fully in evidence here.
她最著名的电影《罗曼·波兰斯基:被通缉与渴望》之所以与众不同,是因为她小心翼翼地避免油嘴滑舌的结论,在这里得到了充分的证明。
Review: ‘Water & Power: A California Heist,’ With Citizens in the Crossfire by Jeannette Catsoulis

His tact and scrupulous restraint are matched by his artistry, which is especially evident in his explorations of the workings of memory.
他的机智和一丝不苟的克制与他的艺术才能相得益彰,这在他对记忆运作的探索中尤为明显。
Farmers Cross by Bernard O’Donoghue ? review by ???

词源
scrupulous (adj.)mid-15c., “characterized by fine distinctions of doubt,” from Anglo-French scrupulus (Old French scrupulos, Modern French scrupuleux) and directly from Latin scrupulosus “careful, exact,” from scrupulus (see scruple). By 1540s as “careful to follow the dictates of conscience,” hence, in non-moral matters, “exact, precise, rigorous, punctilious” (1630s). Scruplesome “inclined to be scrupulous” is from 1800 (Maria Edgeworth). Related: Scrupulously; scrupulousness; scrupulosity.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
scrupulous (adj.)mid-15c.,“以怀疑的细微差别为特征”,来自英法 scrupulus(古法语 scrupulos,现代法语 scrupuleux),直接来自拉丁语 scrupulosus “小心,精确”,来自 scrupulus(见 scruple) .到 1540 年代,“谨慎地遵循良心的指示”,因此,在非道德问题上,“精确、精确、严谨、守时”(1630 年代)。 Scruplesome “inclined to be scrupulous” 出自 1800 年 (Maria Edgeworth)。相关:一丝不苟;谨慎;谨慎。相关条目及更多


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